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View SlideshowRequest to buy this photoDISPATCH FILE PHOTOAndrew Scott Boguslawski, center, is accompanied into court in Madison County in January by attorney Mark Babb and Sgt. Randy Mitchell of the sheriff’s office.

An Indiana National Guard member who authorities say had homemade bombs in his van when he was
stopped for speeding in Madison County on Jan. 1 has now been charged in U.S. District Court in
Columbus.

Andrew Scott Boguslawski, 43, made his initial appearance in federal court yesterday, shortly
after state charges in the case were dismissed. His attorney and government prosecutors would not
comment after the hearing.

He is charged with one count of possession of destructive devices not registered to him in the
National Firearms Registration and Transfer Record. Under federal law, destructive devices must be
registered.

The charge carries a maximum 10-year prison term.

Boguslawski, of Moores Hill, Ind., was arrested after Ohio State Highway Patrol troopers caught
him traveling 85 mph in a 70-mph zone on I-70 west of Columbus as he drove from Pennsylvania to
Indiana, according to the complaint.

When troopers stopped him, the complaint says, they noticed the handgrip of a firearm between
Boguslawski’s legs. A search of his Dodge Caravan produced a pistol, rifles, suspected homemade
bombs and parts to make bombs. An explosives expert with the U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco,
Firearms and Explosives identified nine completed bombs in the van and four nearly complete bombs,
all capable of causing property damage and injuries if detonated.

Investigators also found videos and photographs showing Boguslawski manufacturing and detonating
bombs and showing friends and family members, including a 16-year-old niece, setting off explosive
devices.

Boguslawski told troopers he had some of the bombs for “suicide-bomber training” and a plastic
gun was for a concealed-carry training class. Troopers also found a bulletproof vest and blueprints
for a Navy SEAL training center in Indiana in Boguslawski’s van.

An Indiana National Guard spokeswoman said in January that Boguslawski had been an intelligence
analyst for a reconnaissance unit of the guard and held top-secret government clearance because of
that work. That clearance was suspended after his arrest.

The spokeswoman also said Boguslawski had been transferred to the Indiana National Guard’s
Medical Discharge Unit in November. She would not say why that happened.

The state charges against Boguslawski were one count of manufacturing explosives and one count
of collecting chemicals for manufacturing explosives.